烫
to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot
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How 烫 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 汤 (phonetic, tāng)
How to remember it
scald · Heisig RSH #1756
汤 soup + 火 fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 烫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 死猪不怕开水烫 | sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng | (lit.) a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying); (fig.) a person who has nothing mo… |
| 烫头发 | tàng tóu fa | perm; to perm hair |
| 烫衣板 | tàng yī bǎn | ironing board |
| 烫金 | tàng jīn | (printing) to stamp with gold foil; to bronze |
| 烫发 | tàng fà | perm (hairstyle) |
| 发烫 | fā tàng | burning hot |
| 烫手山芋 | tàng shǒu shān yù | hot potato; problem; trouble; headache |
| 烫平 | tàng píng | to press (clothes); to iron out (wrinkles) |
| 火烫 | huǒ tàng | burning hot; fiery; to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs |
| 蒸汽挂烫机 | zhēng qì guà tàng jī | garment steamer |
| 热烫 | rè tàng | to burn |
| 麻辣烫 | má là tàng | malatang (a Sichuan-style spicy soup dish) |
| 烫衣 | tàng yī | to iron (clothes) |
| 烫斗 | tàng dǒu | clothes iron |
| 烫伤 | tàng shāng | to scald |
| 滚烫 | gǔn tàng | boiling hot |
| 熨烫 | yùn tàng | to iron (clothes) |
| 氽烫 | tǔn tàng | to blanch (cooking) |